Monday, March 24th, 2025,

No final floor votes taken.

Tuesday, March 25th, 2025,

No final floor votes taken.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2025,

No final floor votes taken.

Thursday, March 28th, 2025,

SB 333 Criminal Procedure – Victims and Witnesses – Out of Court Statement of Child to
Forensic Interviewer
Expanding the evidentiary rule on the admissibility of out of court statements made by child
victims or witnesses to make admissible an out of court statement made by a child to a forensic
interviewer.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.

SB 392 Bicycles, Play Vehicles, and Unicycles – Authorizations and Requirements (Jay\’s Law)
Authorizing a person to ride a bicycle, play vehicle, or unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area
unless prohibited by local ordinance; and requiring a person riding a bicycle, play vehicle, or
unicycle on a sidewalk or sidewalk area or in or through a crosswalk to yield the right-of-way to
a pedestrian or a person using an electric personal assistive mobility device.
Passed 42-2. McKay voted Nay.

SB 485 Prince George\’s County – Speed Monitoring Systems – Maryland Route 210
Increasing civil penalties for violations recorded by speed monitoring systems on Maryland
Route 210 (Piscataway Highway) in Prince George\’s County that involve exceeding the
maximum speed limit by certain amounts; and repealing the termination provision for the
authority to place speed monitoring systems on Maryland Route 210 (Piscataway Highway).
Passed 36-7. McKay voted Yea.

SB 912 Charles County – Off–Highway Recreational Vehicles – Regulation and Enforcement
Authorizing Charles County to regulate the operation of off-highway recreational vehicles in the
county and to impound an off-highway recreational vehicle that is subject to certain alleged
motor vehicle violations.
Passed 43-0. McKay voted Yea.

SB 925 Criminal Law – Controlled Dangerous Substances and Firearms
Authorizing a person who is at least 21 years of age to manufacture a personal use amount of
cannabis products or concentrated cannabis for personal use or adult sharing at a private
residence if the manufacturing process does not involve the use of a volatile solvent; specifying
that manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain large quantities of certain
controlled dangerous substances is a felony; altering the penalties for being a volume dealer and
drug kingpin with regard to cannabis; etc.
Passed 36-7. McKay voted Nay.

SB 941 Transportation-Related Tolls – Installment Payment Plans
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority and the Department of Transportation to
establish programs to offer income-based installment payment plans for the payment of certain
tolls, penalties, and fines in excess of $250.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.

SB 992 Corporations and Associations – Revisions
Establishing a process for and certain exceptions to the transfer of assets that are collateral for
securing a mortgage, pledge, or security interest without the approval of the stockholders; and
repealing provisions of law specifying what shall be included in the articles of merger if a limited
partnership or limited liability company is a party to the articles.
Passed 43-0. McKay voted Yea.

HB 445 Criminal Law – Interference With a Public Safety Answering Point – Penalties
Prohibiting a person from taking certain actions with the intent to interrupt or impair the
functioning of a public safety answering point; prohibiting a person from taking certain actions
that interrupt or impair the functioning of a public safety answering point; and authorizing
penalties for certain violations.
Passed 44-0. McKay voted Yea.

Friday, March 29th, 2025,

SB 76 Tidal Fish Licenses – Oyster Authorizations – Administrative Penalties
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to suspend, rather than revoke, for up to 5 years
for a first violation, a person\’s oyster authorization for knowingly committing certain violations;
providing for the reinstatement for certain persons of an oyster authorization and an entitlement
to engage or work in the oyster fishery; altering a certain offense related to the use of prohibited
gear; and repealing the 90-day time period within which a certain administrative hearing must be
held.
Passed 45-0. McKay voted Yea.

SB 177 Procurement – State Department of Education – Local Food Purchasing Program
Requiring the State Department of Education, in coordination with the Department of General
Services and the Department of Agriculture, to establish a program to procure local food for
local school systems from certified local farms and certified Chesapeake invasive species
providers under certain circumstances; altering a certain percentage price preference adopted by
the Board of Public Works by regulations; requiring the Board to adopt certain regulations
relating to limiting responses for certain procurements; etc.
Passed 45-0. McKay voted Yea.

SB 891 Land Use and Real Property – Accessory Dwelling Units – Requirements and
Prohibitions
Establishing the policy of the State to promote and encourage the creation of accessory dwelling
units on land with a single-family detached dwelling unit as the primary dwelling unit in order to
meet the housing needs of the citizens of the State; requiring, on or before October 1, 2026, the
legislative body of certain counties or municipal corporations to adopt a local law authorizing the
development of accessory dwelling units on land with a single-family detached dwelling unit as
the primary dwelling unit; etc.
Passed 45-0. McKay voted Yea.

HB 334 Workgroup on Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Services – Establishment
Establishing the Workgroup on Universal Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Services; requiring the
Workgroup to compile updated participant data and expenditure per participant from the home
visiting programs currently operating in the State, compare the data for home visiting programs
to the data for evidence-based models, identify service gaps, and identify workforce needs; and
requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the
General Assembly by December 31, 2025.
Passed 45-0. McKay voted Yea.

HB 559 Food Establishments – Portable Chemical Toilets
Authorizing food establishments that are businesses that conduct agritourism, Class 4 limited
wineries, or Class 8 farm breweries to comply with the requirement to provide a convenient
lavatory by providing a portable chemical toilet that is supplied with approved hand drying
devices, kept in a sanitary condition, and properly ventilated.
Passed 45-0. McKay voted Yea.

HB 995 Workgroup to Study the Rise in Adverse Decisions in the State Health Care System –
Establishment
Establishing the Workgroup to Study the Rise in Adverse Decisions in the State Health Care
System to make recommendations to improve State reporting on adverse decisions, reduce the
number of adverse decisions, and develop recommendations for legislation to address the rise in
adverse decisions; and requiring the Workgroup to report its findings and recommendations to
certain committees of the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
Passed 45-0. McKay voted Yea.

HB 292 Cooperative Housing Corporations, Condominiums, and Homeowners Associations –
Funding of Reserve Accounts and Preparation of Funding Plans
Requiring that certain funds for certain reserve accounts be deposited on or before the last day of
each fiscal year; requiring that certain updated reserve studies be prepared by a certain person;
requiring the governing body of a cooperative housing corporation, a residential condominium,
or a homeowners association to prepare a certain funding plan subject to certain requirements;
authorizing a reasonable deviation from certain reserve funding requirements following a certain
financial hardship determination; etc.
Passed 37-8. McKay voted Yea.

HB 1028 Board of Trustees for the State Retirement and Pension System – Investment Division –
Compensation and Staffing Committee
Repealing the Objective Criteria Committee of the Board of Trustees for the State Retirement
and Pension System and establishing a Compensation and Staffing Committee of the Board of
Trustees; requiring the Committee to make certain recommendations to the Board of Trustees
regarding the objective criteria to be used in setting compensation and awarding financial
incentives to the Chief Investment Officer and Investment Division staff in the Investment
Division of the State Retirement Agency; etc.
Passed 46-0. McKay voted Yea.

HB 1456 Transportation-Related Tolls – Installment Payment Plans
Requiring the Maryland Transportation Authority to establish programs to offer installment
payment plans for the payment of certain tolls, in excess of $300.
Passed 46-0. McKay voted Yea.